Outlook xp/02 security

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I use an application that processes mail from my default
outlook profile, processes the email and sends the user
back an automatic response. Oulook xp is giving me the
warning that another application is trying to access
Outlook, and makes you choose yes to continue. I need
this to run without this prompt, so I was wondering if
anyone has a way to allow this interaction without user
intervention, or do i have to move back to office 98 or 00?
Thanks in advance.
ron
 
The security dialogs that pop up when an application tries to access certain Outlook properties and methods are designed to inhibit the spread of viruses via Outlook; see http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm#autosec. They cannot be simply turned on or off with a user option or registry setting.

Note that Outlook 2003 does not show security prompts on certain types of applications.

In earlier versions of Outlook, standalone users can use a free tool called Express ClickYes (http://www.express-soft.com/mailmate/clickyes.html) to click the security dialog buttons automatically. Beware that this means if a virus tries to send mail using Outlook or gain access to your address book, it will succeed.

If it's an application you wrote yourself and either your application needs to support versions besides Outlook 2003 or your application runs extenal to Outlook, you have these options for modifying your program to avoid the security prompts (roughly in order of preference):

-- Use Extended MAPI (see http://www.slipstick.com/dev/mapi.htm) and C++ or Delphi; this is the most secure method and the only one that Microsoft recommends. However, it applies only to COM add-ins and external programs; you cannot use Extended MAPI in Outlook forms or VBA.

-- Use Redemption (http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/), a third-party COM library that wraps around Extended MAPI but parallels the Outlook Object Model, providing many methods that the Outlook model does not support

-- Use SendKeys to "click" the buttons on the security dialogs that your application may trigger. See http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm#autosec for a link to sample code.

-- Program the free Express ClickYes (http://www.express-soft.com/mailmate/clickyes.html) tool to start suspended and turn it on only when your program needs to have the buttons clicked automatically.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Thanks Sue!! It's not an application I wrote myself, so
it looks
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The security dialogs that pop up when an application
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tries to access certain Outlook properties and methods are
designed to inhibit the spread of viruses via Outlook; see
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm#autosec. They
cannot be simply turned on or off with a user option or
registry setting.
Note that Outlook 2003 does not show security prompts on certain types of applications.

In earlier versions of Outlook, standalone users can use
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a free tool called Express ClickYes (http://www.express-
soft.com/mailmate/clickyes.html) to click the security
dialog buttons automatically. Beware that this means if a
virus tries to send mail using Outlook or gain access to
your address book, it will succeed.
If it's an application you wrote yourself and either your
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application needs to support versions besides Outlook 2003
or your application runs extenal to Outlook, you have
these options for modifying your program to avoid the
security prompts (roughly in order of preference):
-- Use Extended MAPI (see
Click to expand...
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/mapi.htm) and C++ or Delphi;
this is the most secure method and the only one that
Microsoft recommends. However, it applies only to COM add-
ins and external programs; you cannot use Extended MAPI in
Outlook forms or VBA.
-- Use Redemption
Click to expand...
(http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/), a third-party COM
library that wraps around Extended MAPI but parallels the
Outlook Object Model, providing many methods that the
Outlook model does not support
-- Use SendKeys to "click" the buttons on the
Click to expand...
security dialogs that your application may trigger. See
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm#autosec for a
link to sample code.
-- Program the free Express ClickYes
Click to expand...
(http://www.express-soft.com/mailmate/clickyes.html) tool
to start suspended and turn it on only when your program
needs to have the buttons clicked automatically.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



"Ron" <[email protected]> wrote in
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message news:[email protected] like i'm going to have to resort to an older
version of outlook.
 
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